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Penn State: Symbol And Myth, Gary G. Desantis Apr 2009

Penn State: Symbol And Myth, Gary G. Desantis

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This thesis will focus on the popular culture iconography of the Pennsylvania State University: the Nittany Lion-as a symbol and apolitical mascot; Happy Valley, the geographic area in which the university is located, as a kind of sacred place and utopia in the Keystone State; football-its hallowed shrines, legendary coaches, and heroic players; regional foods and delicacies-from the unique offerings of the area's diners to the University Creamery (where patrons yearly consume more than 750,000 ice cream cones); and Lion Shrine and the adjacent Nittany Lion Inn-where the faithful have made pilgrimages since the early-twentieth century. The sum of these …

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Social Implications Of Fair Trade Coffee In Chiapas, Mexico: Toward Alternative Economic Integration, Joseph J. Torok Apr 2009

Social Implications Of Fair Trade Coffee In Chiapas, Mexico: Toward Alternative Economic Integration, Joseph J. Torok

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The coffee trade in Chiapas, Mexico is a unique approach of sustainable development and economic integration, demonstrating that local social movements can change behaviors in international trade regimes. The Zapatista community of Chiapas, Mexico, has an impact on the global trade system, where resultant changes begin at the local level. In the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, factors contributing to the Zapatista rebellion have led actors within civil society to form new socio-political organizations capable of changing participation, norms, and economic outcomes during the post-rebellion period (1994 - present). This study explores the dilemmas facing the autonomy of actors in …

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An Assessment Of The Impacts Of Relocation On Public Housing Youth, Emily Zupo Apr 2009

An Assessment Of The Impacts Of Relocation On Public Housing Youth, Emily Zupo

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This paper will explore the social and economic impacts of public housing revitalization on households with minor children. The research traces the relocations of families from two public housing complexes to other public housing complexes or market housing, using Housing Choice formerly Section 8 vouchers. We contrast and compare the socioeconomic characteristics of the original neighborhoods to the relocation sites from the census tract level, exploring changes in resources available to families.

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Theology, Spirituality, And The Academic Study Of Religion In Public Universities, Don Saunders Apr 2009

Theology, Spirituality, And The Academic Study Of Religion In Public Universities, Don Saunders

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This thesis examines whether the secular institutions of American higher education should address students questions of meaning, purpose, wisdom, and human destiny. That is, it investigates the place of the normative analysis of religious experience and behavior within the public university. I use the work of Ninian Smart, Russell T. McCutcheon and Ivan Strenski to illustrate the case against the inclusion of theology and spirituality in the academic study of religion. In their view, theology is at best an artifact, like ritual or religious art and not an academic discipline. Conversely, I use the work of Paul Tillich, John Dunne, …

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Journal Of Cave And Karst Studies, Volume 71, No. 1, April 2009, Table Of Contents, National Speleological Society Apr 2009

Journal Of Cave And Karst Studies, Volume 71, No. 1, April 2009, Table Of Contents, National Speleological Society

KIP Articles

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Walking The Walk: An Examination Of Āl Murrah Bedouin's Motives For Continued Nomadism, Benjamin Mehanni Apr 2009

Walking The Walk: An Examination Of Āl Murrah Bedouin's Motives For Continued Nomadism, Benjamin Mehanni

Grace Allen Scholars Theses

The Āl Murrah, a Bedouin tribe in Saudi Arabia, practice nomadic pastoralism to this day. They continue to resist the pressures to settle exerted by government sponsored settlement programs, as well as the rise of a modern capitalist economy, whose growth increases the cost of living. The Āl Murrah’s motives for resisting sedentarization are based on a collectivist value system that defines a high quality of life based on accessing the desert and camels’ milk, having the freedom to decide when and where to herd their camels, and gaining the respect of their family and community. These factors are contingent …

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The Development Of Nationalism In The Indian Case, Sriram Madhusoodanan Apr 2009

The Development Of Nationalism In The Indian Case, Sriram Madhusoodanan

Grace Allen Scholars Theses

Narratives, particularly historical narratives, frame our identities: they tell the story of our origins and provide us with direction to guide future action. Considering the numerous movements they have fostered in past 200 years, few identities have been as powerful a motor for social change or emerged as loudly on the world stage as national identities. In this context, India presents a unique case. In attempting to classify it, India could be labeled a multi‐nation state, due to the immense diversity of linguistic, cultural and ethnic groups that reside within it, each with its own particular historical narrative and myths …

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Fourth Monitoring Report, April 1, 2009, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg, Norine E. Noonan Apr 2009

Fourth Monitoring Report, April 1, 2009, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg, Norine E. Noonan

Academic Learning Compacts

The fourth monitoring report sent to the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools after the University of South Florida St. Petersburg was put on probation in 2008.

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Report, Fourth Monitoring Report, April 1, 2009, Norine E. Noonan Apr 2009

Report, Fourth Monitoring Report, April 1, 2009, Norine E. Noonan

SACS Documentation

The fourth monitoring report from the University of South Florida St. Petersburg for reaccreditation purposes by the Southern Associations of Colleges and Schools' Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC).

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Editors' Introduction, Robert K. Hitchcock, Samuel Totten Apr 2009

Editors' Introduction, Robert K. Hitchcock, Samuel Totten

Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal

Indigenous peoples—those people who consider themselves, or are considered by others, to be Aboriginal, ‘‘First Nations,’’ native peoples, Fourth World peoples, or ‘‘original occupants’’ of specific places on the planet—have faced genocide, cultural destruction, and forced removal from their ancestral areas for thousands of years. Over the centuries, colonization—the expansion of populations into new areas and the exploitation of natural and human resources there—has led to significant declines in the populations of indigenous groups. As Patrick Brantlinger notes, ‘‘One of the main causes for these declines is not mysterious: violence, warfare, genocide.’’1

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Hiding In Full View: The “Forgotten” Bushman Genocides Of Namibia, Robert J. Gordon Apr 2009

Hiding In Full View: The “Forgotten” Bushman Genocides Of Namibia, Robert J. Gordon

Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal

This article examines the Bushman genocide of 1912–1915 which, despite overwhelming evidence of its having occurred, has been largely ignored by both scholars and the local population. It invokes the Durkheimian distinction between necessary and sufficient conditions. Necessary conditions are akin to Marxian notions of ‘‘primitive accumulation’’ or Weberian ‘‘booty capitalism,’’ but in addition, the author emphasizes the demographics of the settlers, largely (aspiring) middle-class single men, and suggests that notions of the Rechtsstaat—code-based rather than case-based rule of law—represented an important, if not distinctive, sufficient condition in facilitating genocide, especially in tandem with the legitimation activities of turn-of-the-century scholars. …

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Ontological Destruction: Genocide And Canadian Aboriginal Peoples, Andrew Woolford Apr 2009

Ontological Destruction: Genocide And Canadian Aboriginal Peoples, Andrew Woolford

Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal

The impact of colonialism on Aboriginal groups in Canada is often described as ‘‘cultural genocide’’ or ‘‘ethnocide.’’ In contrast, this article offers a re-reading of the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (1948) that is sensitive to Aboriginal understandings and experiences of group life and group destruction. Through this re-reading, it is argued that genocide must be understood in a culturally contextualized manner so as to avoid modernist and Eurocentric biases. Only by opening up the conception of genocide will we be able to contend adequately with Canadian Aboriginal experiences of colonialism.

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African American Perceptions Of The Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (Fcat) And High School Graduation, Maressa L. Dixon Apr 2009

African American Perceptions Of The Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (Fcat) And High School Graduation, Maressa L. Dixon

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

While there is ample research theorizing reasons for so-called "achievement gaps" between African American and White students on standardized tests, few studies explore African Americans' perceptions of the impact these tests have on overall education. Through interviews with six current students attending Hillsborough County public high schools, one recent graduate of a Hillsborough County high school, and two parents of students in Hillsborough County public schools, this research study probes participants' perceptions of the impact of the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) on their high school experiences. All participants in the study identified as African American or Black. Through archival …

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Book Review: F. Todd Smith, Dominance To Disappearance: The Indians Of Texas And The Near Southwest, Charles A. Flowerday Apr 2009

Book Review: F. Todd Smith, Dominance To Disappearance: The Indians Of Texas And The Near Southwest, Charles A. Flowerday

Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal

In Dominance to Disappearance: The Indians of Texas and the Near Southwest, 1786–1859, F.Todd Smith does an exemplary job of documenting the origins, migrations, and deprivations—as well as the depredations—of the Indians of Texas and western Louisiana. In doing so, he does a thorough and outstanding job of meticulously amassing and narrating his voluminous compilation of detail. Smith, an associate professor of history at the University of North Texas, has written extensively on Texas Indians.1

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Author Biographies Apr 2009

Author Biographies

Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal

No abstract provided.

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Full Issue 4.1 Apr 2009

Full Issue 4.1

Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal

No abstract provided.

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A Report From The Field: The Declaration On The Rights Of Indigenous Peoples—Implementation And Implications, Lori Garcia-Alix, Robert K. Hitchcock Apr 2009

A Report From The Field: The Declaration On The Rights Of Indigenous Peoples—Implementation And Implications, Lori Garcia-Alix, Robert K. Hitchcock

Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal

Over nearly two-and-a-half decades, indigenous peoples and their supporters expended enormous energy on developing a declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples that both protects and promotes their individual and collective rights. The debates surrounding the declaration focused on issues ranging from self- determination to the rights of indigenous peoples to practice their cultures and to participate in decision making. The declaration establishes the requirement for fair and adequate compensation for violations of rights and directly addresses the issues of ethnocide and genocide. The United Nations General Assembly passed the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples on 13 September …

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Broadening The Spectrum: The Religious Dimensions Of The Rainbow Gatherings, Seth M. Walker Apr 2009

Broadening The Spectrum: The Religious Dimensions Of The Rainbow Gatherings, Seth M. Walker

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this thesis is to specifically address the religious dimensions of the Rainbow Gatherings. The fundamental question directing this analysis is: "Are the Rainbow Gatherings religious in character?" This thesis specifically asks whether or not the Rainbow Gatherings satisfy certain identifiable features of religion, and if doing so, do they qualify as a form of religion? I engage this question by analyzing the Rainbow Gatherings in terms of two particular definitions of religion: Clifford Geertz's "functional" definition and Bryan R. Wilson's "substantive" definition. This allows me to analyze the Rainbow Gatherings from the perspective of the two major …

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The Participation Of Ngos In Healthcare: The Case Of Pediatric Cancer Treatment In Argentina, Cecilia Vindrola Padros Mar 2009

The Participation Of Ngos In Healthcare: The Case Of Pediatric Cancer Treatment In Argentina, Cecilia Vindrola Padros

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The deterioration of the Argentine public health system has lead to an increase in non-governmental involvement in the provision of health services. The emerging relationship between these sectors is filled with tensions, contradictions, and negotiations, reflecting the historical trajectory of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and the transformations of the public health system. These problems are specifically evident in programs that focus on pediatric oncology treatment due to the fact that ideas about childhood, chronic disease, and mortality construct an unusual collaborative framework between governmental and non-governmental healthcare professionals. Pediatric cancer contradicts traditional notions of childhood; it points out the ambivalences associated …

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Multimodal Text Designers: A Case Study Of Literacy Events In A Multicultural Context, Mary-Virginia Feger Mar 2009

Multimodal Text Designers: A Case Study Of Literacy Events In A Multicultural Context, Mary-Virginia Feger

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The erasure of Latino/a adolescents' multiliteracies in school settings affects both their views of education and their entry into the community outside of school. Framed by literacy-as-social-practices perspectives and communities of practice theory, this case study explored what happened when a group of 13 Latino/a adolescents and their Latina teacher engaged in a six-week play production in an after-school program and performed the play for parents. It examined the relationship between the participants' discourse practices and their performance, and determined how they validated their performances. Data collected included observations, interviews, students' written reflective responses, a fieldwork journal, and a DVD …

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Summary Of Mary Cash Oral History Interview, Mary Cash Mar 2009

Summary Of Mary Cash Oral History Interview, Mary Cash

Otis R. Anthony African Americans in Florida Oral History Project

A detailed summary of an oral history interview with Mary Cash, a nurse, in which she describes the Clara Frye Hospital, some of its medical equipment, and political conditions among the staff. The Clara Frye Hospital was at one time the only hospital in Tampa where African Americans could be treated.

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Roots And Role Of The Imagination In Kant: Imagination At The Core, Michael Thompson Mar 2009

Roots And Role Of The Imagination In Kant: Imagination At The Core, Michael Thompson

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Kant's critical philosophy promises to overturn both Empiricism and Rationalism by arguing for the necessity of a passive faculty, sensibility, and an active faculty, understanding, in order for cognition to obtain. Kant argues in favor of sense impression found in standard empirical philosophies while advocating conceptual necessities like those found in rational philosophies. It is only in the synthesis of these two elements that cognition and knowledge claims are possible. However, by affirming such a dualism, Kant has created yet another problem familiar to the history of philosophy, one of faculty interaction. By affirming two separate and exclusive capacities necessary …

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Agenda, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg Campus Board Meeting, March 5, 2009, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg Campus Board Mar 2009

Agenda, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg Campus Board Meeting, March 5, 2009, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg Campus Board

Campus Board Agendas, Minutes, and Supporting Documents

The agenda for the University of South Florida St. Petersburg Campus Board meeting held on March 5, 2009.

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Campus Board Meeting : 2009 : 03 : 05 : Supporting Documents, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg. Mar 2009

Campus Board Meeting : 2009 : 03 : 05 : Supporting Documents, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg.

Campus Board Supporting Documents

No abstract provided.

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Gender Trouble In Northern Ireland: An Examination Of Gender And Bodies Within The 1970s And 1980s Provisional Irish Republican Army In Northern Ireland, Jennifer Earles Mar 2009

Gender Trouble In Northern Ireland: An Examination Of Gender And Bodies Within The 1970s And 1980s Provisional Irish Republican Army In Northern Ireland, Jennifer Earles

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

With this thesis, I will utilize both feminist and queer theory to highlight the gendered and bodily tactics used by the women of the 1970s/1980s Provisional Irish Republican Army. I will explore how women can both manipulate gender and use their bodies as a response to gender, ethnic, class, and colonial power relations and conflict discourses, the limitations of these approaches, and how these actions can work to reconfigure political movements, local cultures, and create a space for social change and a future beyond conflict which includes women. My methods will include a feminist content analysis of interviews, written records, …

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Sfra Review, Spring 2009, Science Fiction Research Association Mar 2009

Sfra Review, Spring 2009, Science Fiction Research Association

SFRA Newsletter (Science Fiction Research Association)

The Spring 2009 issue of the SFRA Review.

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Summary Of Lydia Lopez Allen, Francisco Lopez, Ferman Lopez, And Clemente Mirabel Oral History Interview, Lydia Lopez Allen, Francisco Lopez, Ferman Lopez, Clemente Mirabel Feb 2009

Summary Of Lydia Lopez Allen, Francisco Lopez, Ferman Lopez, And Clemente Mirabel Oral History Interview, Lydia Lopez Allen, Francisco Lopez, Ferman Lopez, Clemente Mirabel

Otis R. Anthony African Americans in Florida Oral History Project

A detailed summary created by Susan Greenbaum of an oral history interview with Lydia Lopez Allen, Francisco Lopez, Ferman Lopez, and Clemente Mirabel. Lydia Lopez Allen, her brothers Francisco "Frank" Lopez and Ferman Lopez, and their uncle, Clemente Mirabel, discuss Tampa's Afro-Cuban community and the businesses on Central Avenue. Their relative Frank "Chick" Mirabel was a well-known businessman who owned a bar called Chick's Lounge.

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Crow's Nest, January 20, 2009, Crow's Nest Staff Jan 2009

Crow's Nest, January 20, 2009, Crow's Nest Staff

Crow's Nest

The January 20, 2009, issue of the Crow's Nest.

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Florida Sentinel Bulletin, January 9, 2009, Gwen Hayes Jan 2009

Florida Sentinel Bulletin, January 9, 2009, Gwen Hayes

Florida Sentinel Bulletin Collection

The January 9, 2009, issue of the Florida Sentinel Bulletin.

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Establishing The Quantitative Thinking Program At Macalester, David Bressoud Jan 2009

Establishing The Quantitative Thinking Program At Macalester, David Bressoud

Numeracy

In November 2005, the faculty of Macalester College voted to institute a graduation requirement in Quantitative Thinking (QT) that is truly interdisciplinary. It currently draws on courses from thirteen departments including Anthropology, Economics, Geography, Political Science, Theater, Mathematics, Environmental Science, and Geology. This article describes the process that led to the creation of this program. It explains how we were able to get broad buy-in at the beginning and the long process of trial and error—informed by formative assessment—that was needed to refine the initial vision and shape it into a viable program that would be accepted by most of …

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